US puts spotlight on 20 firms claimed to be controlled by Chinese military
The 20 companies include Huawei Technologies and Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, as well as a number of Chinese state-run enterprises
25 June 2020 - 17:58
Washington — The Pentagon has unveiled a list of companies it says are owned or controlled by China’s military, opening them to increased scrutiny in the latest spat between the world’s biggest economies.
The 20 companies included Huawei Technologies and Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, as well as a number of state-run enterprises. In letters to legislators dated June 24, the Pentagon said it was providing a list of “Communist Chinese military companies operating in the US,” which was first requested in the fiscal 1999 defence policy law...
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